Articles from Transplant News (November 27, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
ACOT recommends HHS demonstration project on financial incentives.			174
ACOT recommends set of live donor standards; spotlight now on HHS Secretary Thompson's response.	Warren, Jim		992
Amgen sues US government to prevent Medicare from reducing reimbursement rates for Aranesp.			158
Cost of left ventricular device implants comparable to heart, liver transplant, analysis finds.	Grygotis, Michele		332
Dialysis Holdings agrees to pay $4.1 million to settle allegations of making false claims to Medicare.			77
Excerpt from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson to the Nancy Ascher, MD, Chairwoman of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation.			444
Excerpts from "Psst! Sell Your Kidney?" OP ED piece by Nicholas D. Kristof-New York Times, November 12.			444
Excerpts from Letters to the Editor on "Psst! Sell Your Kidney?" by Nicholas D. Kristof.			645
Human bone marrow cells injected into rats partially reverse damage caused by strokes.			327
Johns Hopkins selects Organ Recovery Systems to provide perfusion services on HRSA-funded study.			202
SangStat, Therapeutic Human Polyclonals to collaborate on developing human polyclonal antibodies.			194
UK's National Health Service reported to be seriously considering lifting ban on payment for live organ donors.			603
UNOS/OPTN board revises kidney transplant policy to remove a bias against minority candidates on wait list.			470
UNOS/OPTN overhauled web site contains more sophisticated data while more user-friendly.			186
Widow of artificial heart implant patient who died suing Abiomed.			287